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Hazel Leonidov was born on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Alluvion]] on [[2521#January|January 31, 2521]].{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} As a young child, she was an exceptional athlete and student.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} Hazel was eventually orphaned due to [[human]]ity's prolonged [[Human-Covenant War|war]] with the [[Covenant]] and became one of four hundred and ninety-seven such war orphans recruited for the [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|the first company]] of [[Spartan-III]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}<ref name="HGOO6">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref> On [[2532#December|December 27, 2532]] Hazel and the rest of the children were brought to the planet [[Onyx]] in the [[Zeta Doradus system]]. Multiple [[D77-TC Pelican]]s touched down on the parade ground at [[Camp Currahee]] at around 1953 hours to unload the recruits, who streamed out of the dropships at the behest of Senior Chief Petty Officer [[Franklin Mendez]] and were met by [[Lieutenant]] [[Kurt Ambrose]]. When the [[Mjolnir]]-clad [[Spartan-II]] first spoke, his voice carried by the camp's public address system, the children stopped moving and fell silent, amazed by the armored giant. As they crowded before him Kurt offered them the chance to become like him so that they might destroy the Covenant. He noted, however, that only three hundred slots were ultimately available and that the process of determining who would fill that roster would began that night. Mendez then ordered the children back onto the [[Pelican]]s and they each proceeded to shuffle aboard, after only some hesitation. After they were airborne once again each recruit was given a [[Falcon Wing aerial descent unit]] and told to jump from their [[dropship]]'s rear bay if they wanted to be a [[Spartan]]. Following this, those who had jumped were recovered.{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO6}} | Hazel Leonidov was born on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] of [[Alluvion]] on [[2521#January|January 31, 2521]].{{Ref/Reuse|EN}}{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} As a young child, she was an exceptional athlete and student.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}} Hazel was eventually orphaned due to [[human]]ity's prolonged [[Human-Covenant War|war]] with the [[Covenant]] and became one of four hundred and ninety-seven such war orphans recruited for the [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|the first company]] of [[Spartan-III]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}<ref name="HGOO6">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 6''</ref> On [[2532#December|December 27, 2532]] Hazel and the rest of the children were brought to the planet [[Onyx]] in the [[Zeta Doradus system]]. Multiple [[D77-TC Pelican]]s touched down on the parade ground at [[Camp Currahee]] at around 1953 hours to unload the recruits, who streamed out of the dropships at the behest of Senior Chief Petty Officer [[Franklin Mendez]] and were met by [[Lieutenant]] [[Kurt Ambrose]]. When the [[Mjolnir]]-clad [[Spartan-II]] first spoke, his voice carried by the camp's public address system, the children stopped moving and fell silent, amazed by the armored giant. As they crowded before him Kurt offered them the chance to become like him so that they might destroy the Covenant. He noted, however, that only three hundred slots were ultimately available and that the process of determining who would fill that roster would began that night. Mendez then ordered the children back onto the [[Pelican]]s and they each proceeded to shuffle aboard, after only some hesitation. After they were airborne once again each recruit was given a [[Falcon Wing aerial descent unit]] and told to jump from their [[dropship]]'s rear bay if they wanted to be a [[Spartan]]. Following this, those who had jumped were recovered.{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO6}} | ||
Alpha Company was trained from that point on by Lieutenant Ambrose and CPO Mendez at the Camp Curahee complex.<ref name="HOSFM84">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 84''</ref> The regimen mirrored that of the [[Spartan-II]]s', with intensive physical conditioning and education conducted by hand-picked trainers and multiple on-site A.I.s. All training and indoctrination emphasized the significance of achieving objectives at any cost and a willingness to sacrifice for the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}} Hazel's innate physical capabilities were greatly enhanced by Spartan [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentations]], carried out aboard the {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} in [[2536]], and her scholarly abilities bent towards learning the many arts of war.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}<ref name="HOSFM85">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 85''</ref><ref name="BOAS">''[[Birth of a Spartan]]''</ref> Only around sixty percent of the four hundred and ninety-seven were considered to have been augmented successfully, but this did not automatically disqualify "failures" from being deployed regardless.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM85}} Alpha Company graduated in 2536 and by October 16 of that year the three-hundred chosen to form its final incarnation had been selected and deployed to [[Mamore]] for [[Operation: FIREBRAND]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}<ref name="HGOO8">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 8''</ref><ref name="WaypointJun-A266">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jun-a266 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jun-A266'']</ref> There, the Spartans suppressed an anti-[[Unified Earth Government]] [[Mamore insurrections|coup d'état]] which had seized the colony.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} Over the next nine months Alpha Company undertook nine other missions, including [[Operation: HWACHA]], in which the Spartans distinguished themselves through successful counter-boarding actions as part of a fleet action against the [[Covenant]] in the [[Bonanza asteroid belt]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} The [[Far-gone colony platforms | Alpha Company was trained from that point on by Lieutenant Ambrose and CPO Mendez at the Camp Curahee complex.<ref name="HOSFM84">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 84''</ref> The regimen mirrored that of the [[Spartan-II]]s', with intensive physical conditioning and education conducted by hand-picked trainers and multiple on-site A.I.s. All training and indoctrination emphasized the significance of achieving objectives at any cost and a willingness to sacrifice for the UNSC.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}} Hazel's innate physical capabilities were greatly enhanced by Spartan [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentations]], carried out aboard the {{UNSCShip|Hopeful}} in [[2536]], and her scholarly abilities bent towards learning the many arts of war.{{Ref/Reuse|Dispatch}}<ref name="HOSFM85">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', ''page 85''</ref><ref name="BOAS">''[[Birth of a Spartan]]''</ref> Only around sixty percent of the four hundred and ninety-seven were considered to have been augmented successfully, but this did not automatically disqualify "failures" from being deployed regardless.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM85}} Alpha Company graduated in 2536 and by October 16 of that year the three-hundred chosen to form its final incarnation had been selected and deployed to [[Mamore]] for [[Operation: FIREBRAND]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}<ref name="HGOO8">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 8''</ref><ref name="WaypointJun-A266">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/jun-a266 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Jun-A266'']</ref> There, the Spartans suppressed an anti-[[Unified Earth Government]] [[Mamore insurrections|coup d'état]] which had seized the colony.{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} Over the next nine months Alpha Company undertook nine other missions, including [[Operation: HWACHA]], in which the Spartans distinguished themselves through successful counter-boarding actions as part of a fleet action against the [[Covenant]] in the [[Bonanza asteroid belt]].{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} The [[Far-gone]] colony platforms were also among the locales which the Spartan-IIIs were deployed to during this period.{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} It was in early [[2537]] that they were tasked with [[Battle of New Constantinople|defending]] the colony of [[New Constantinople]] from Covenant attack as part of [[Operation: IRON GREAVE]].<ref name="Enc36">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', ''page 36''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HOSFM84}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}} During this deployment Hazel caught the eye of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]'s advisors.<ref name="CF106">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/outpost-discoveries '''Halo Waypoint''' - '' Outpost Discoveries'']</ref> Her observed deft and diverse skillset led to her her extraction from Alpha Company and conscription into the ranks of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s clandestine [[Headhunters|HEADHUNTERS initiative]].<ref name="HM76">''[[Halo Mythos]]'', ''page 76''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} Becoming a Headhunter ensured that when all three-hundred of the [[Spartan-III]]s sent to the asteroid [[K7-49]] in late July 2537 for [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]] perished during the resulting battle, Hazel was not numbered among them (her place having been filled by another following her promotion to Headhunter).{{Ref/Reuse|HM76}}{{Ref/Reuse|HGOO8}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} Hazel had only even been considered for inclusion in the HEADHUNTERS initiative because she had previously survived multiple specially assigned training missions.<ref name="HEH">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[Headhunters (story)|Headhunters]]''</ref> For this new role she was put through an additional, grueling training regimen on the far side of Onyx from Camp Curahee.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} Always as part of a two-Spartan team, she conducted direct action operations against Covenant leaders on occupied planets and destroyed critical UNSC information that had fallen into enemy hands, all whilst outfitted with [[Mjolnir]] armor.<ref name="Dispatch">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/discovery-dispatch-february-21-2019 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Discovery Dispatch - February 21, 2019'']</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HM76}}{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} Headhunters like Hazel were typically tasked with infiltrating heavily fortified enemy encampments, ships, and operation centers completely undetected.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} They did so with minimal, mission-specific weaponry and no radio contact or hope for backup or retrieval. Their objectives usually constituted preparation for a larger, full-scale assault on a target or were meant as a decoy and distraction for UNSC operations elsewhere.{{Ref/Reuse|HEH}} As a Headhunter Hazel personally racked up over a dozen confirmed kills on high-value Covenant targets and successfully recovered several key classified assets, any one of which might have spelled doom for the [[UNSC]] had they fallen into or remained in enemy hands.{{Ref/Reuse|CF106}} | ||
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